torc

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔː(ɹ)k/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k Homophones: torq, torque; talk (non-rhotic) === Noun === torc (plural torcs) Alternative spelling of torque (“necklace”). === Anagrams === -cort, -cort-, COTR, Cort, Octr, Octr., ROTC, Troc, cort-, ctor == Aromanian == === Alternative forms === torcu === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *torcō, from Latin torqueō. Compare Romanian toarce, torc. === Verb === torc (third-person singular tortsi, participle torse) to spin (yarn) ==== Related terms ==== turtseri tors stãcor turte == Irish == === Pronunciation === (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɔɾˠk/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɞɾˠk/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *tworkos (“boar”). ==== Noun ==== torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc) wild boar (Sus scrofa) portly, corpulent, person; man of substance Synonym: torclach ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish torc², from Latin torquis. ==== Noun ==== torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc) torque (braided necklace or collar) === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from English torque, from Latin torqueō (“I twist”). ==== Noun ==== torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc) (physics) torque === Declension === === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “torc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 torc (‘collar, torque’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt̪oɾk/ === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Celtic *tworkos (“boar”) (compare Welsh twrch). ==== Noun ==== torc m boar chieftain, hero ===== Inflection ===== ===== Derived terms ===== torcda ===== Descendants ===== Irish: torc Scottish Gaelic: torc === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin torquis. ==== Noun ==== torc m torque (necklace) ===== Inflection ===== ===== Descendants ===== Irish: torc === Mutation === === References === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 torc (‘collar, torque’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Romanian == === Verb === torc inflection of toarce: first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive third-person plural present indicative == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *tworkos (“boar”). === Noun === torc m (genitive singular tuirc, plural tuirc) boar ==== Derived terms ==== torc allaidh torc fiadhaich === Mutation === === References === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language